Lesson: Camera Angle

Strand A: Literacy Connections and Applications

A2. Digital Media Literacy

A2.1 Digital Citizenship

demonstrate an understanding of their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identity and those of their communities

A2.2 Online Safety, Well-Being, and Etiquette

demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission

A2.4 Forms, Conventions and Techniques

demonstrate an understanding of the forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, and apply this understanding when analyzing texts

A2.5 Media, Audience, and Production

demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of a text, the audience, and the creator

A2.7 Community and Cultural Awareness

communicate and collaborate with various communities in a safe, respectful, responsible, and inclusive manner when using online platforms and environments, including digital and media tools, and demonstrate cultural awareness with members of the community

A3. Applications, Connections and Contributions

A3.1 Cross-Curricular and Integrated Learning

apply the knowledge and skills developed in this grade to support learning in various subject areas and identify some ways this learning can be used in everyday life

Strand C: Composition (Understanding and Responding to Texts)

C1 Knowledge About Texts

C1.2 Text Forms and Genres

Grade 1: identify simple literary and informational text forms and their associated genres

Grade 2: identify and describe some characteristics of literary and informational text forms and their associated genres

Grade 3: identify and describe some characteristics of literary and informational text forms and their associated genres

C1.3 Text Patterns and Features

Grade 1: identify some text patterns, such as sequencing and chronological order, and text features, including illustrations, symbols, and titles, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

Grade 2: identify some text patterns, such as chronological order and journal entry, and text features, including table of contents, charts, and icons, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

Grade 3: identify some text patterns, such as order of importance and cause and effect, and text features, such as headings and an index, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning

C1.4 Visual Elements of Texts

Grade 1: demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between simple illustrations, images, and graphics and the text

Grade 2: identify ways in which images, graphics, and visual design create, communicate, and contribute to meaning in a variety of texts

Grade 3: describe ways in which images, graphics, and visual design are used in a given text, and demonstrate an understanding of their purpose and connection to the content of the text

C1.6 Point of View

Grade 1: identify the narrator’s point of view in a variety of texts, and suggest an alternative point of view to tell the story

Grade 2:  identify the narrator’s point of view, including first person or third person, in simple texts, and suggest an alternative point of view to tell the story

Grade 3: identify the narrator’s point of view, including first person or third person, in a variety of texts, and suggest alternative points of view

C2 Comprehension Strategies

C2.3 Monitoring of Understanding: Making and Confirming Predictions

Grade 1:  make predictions using background knowledge, text features, and evidence from the text

Grade 2: make predictions using background knowledge, text features, and evidence from the text

Grade 3: make predictions using background knowledge, text features, and evidence from the text, and adjust their understanding based on new information

C2.4 Monitoring of Understanding: Ongoing Comprehension Check

Grade 1: use strategies such as rereading, visualizing, and asking questions, to monitor their understanding of simple texts

Grade 2: use strategies such as rereading, visualizing, and asking questions, to monitor their understanding of simple texts

Grade 3: use strategies such as rereading, visualizing, and asking questions, to monitor and confirm their understanding of various texts

C2.5 Monitoring of Understanding: Making Connections

Grade 1:  identify connections between ideas expressed in simple texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other familiar texts, and the world around them

Grade 2:  identify connections between ideas expressed in simple texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other familiar texts, and the world around them

Grade 3:  identify connections between ideas expressed in texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them

C3 Critical Thinking in Literacy

C3.2 Making Inferences

Grade 1:  make simple inferences, using stated and implied information and ideas, to understand simple texts

Grade 2: make simple inferences using stated and implied information and ideas to understand simple texts

Grade 3: make inferences using stated and implied information and ideas to understand texts

C3.3 Analyzing Texts

Grade 1: analyze simple texts, including literary and informational texts, by identifying and sequencing important information and events

Grade 2: analyze simple texts, including literary and informational texts, by identifying and sequencing important information, and comparing and contrasting simple elements

Grade 3: analyze various texts, including literary and informational texts, by identifying main and supporting ideas, sequencing information, and comparing and contrasting elements

C3.5 Perspectives within Texts

Grade 1:  identify explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in a text, and describe how these perspectives could influence an audience

Grade 2:  identify explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in a text, providing evidence, and describe how these perspectives could influence an audience

Grade 3:  identify explicit and implicit perspectives communicated in texts, providing evidence, and explain how these perspectives could influence an audience

Strand D: Composition (Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts)

D1.1 Purpose and Audience

Grade 1: identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various simple texts they plan to create

Grade 2:  identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create

Grade 3: identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create, and describe how the chosen text form and genre will help communicate their intended meaning

D1.2 Developing Ideas

Grade 1: generate ideas about given and chosen topics, using simple strategies and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences, and learning from other subject areas

Grade 2: generate and develop ideas about given and chosen topics, using simple strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences, and learning from other subject areas

Grade 3: generate and develop ideas about given and chosen topics, using various strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences, and learning from other subject areas

D1.4 Organizing Content

Grades 1-2: sort and sequence ideas and information, taking into account the text form and genre to be used

Grade 3: sort and sequence ideas and information, using appropriate strategies and tools, taking into account the text form and genre

D2 Creating Texts

D2.1 Producing Drafts

Grade 1: draft short, simple texts of various forms and genres, including personal narratives, persuasive texts, and procedural texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Grade 2: draft short texts of various forms and genres, including personal narratives, persuasive texts, and procedural texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

Grade 3: draft short texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies

D2.3 Voice

Grade 1:  demonstrate a personal voice in their texts, with a focus on using words that express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about the topic

Grade 2: demonstrate a personal voice in their texts, using descriptive words to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about the topic

Grade 3: demonstrate a personal voice in their texts, using descriptive words and sentence patterns to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about

D2.4 Point of View and Perspective

Grades 1-2: identify the point of view, including first person, used in their texts

Grade 3:  identify the point of view, including first person or third person, used in their texts

D3 Publishing, Presenting and Reflecting

D3.1 Producing Final Texts

produce final texts, using simple techniques, to achieve the intended effect